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Venus Aerospace flies its rotating detonation rocket engine for the first time
A US-based propulsion company, Venus Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket […]
A privately developed Australian rocket is ready for a historic launch
Gilmour Space, a venture-backed startup based in Australia, is about to launch a small rocket from its privately owned spaceport […]
After back-to-back failures, SpaceX tests its fixes on the next Starship
But that didn’t solve the problem. Once again, Starship’s engines cut off too early, and the rocket broke apart before […]
If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next?
Here’s what NASA’s exploration plans would actually look like if the White House got its way. A technician works on […]
Tuesday Telescope: Taking a look at the next generation of telescopes
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little […]
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
SpaceX’s plan to turn Starbase into Texas’ newest city won the approval of voters—err, employees. A decommissioned Titan II intercontinental […]
A Soviet-era spacecraft built to land on Venus is falling to Earth instead
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the next few days […]
NASA scrambles to cut ISS activity after Trump budget—its options are not great
Skip to content “The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research.” The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was installed […]
The company with the world’s largest aircraft now has a hypersonic rocket plane
“Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB,” said George Rumford, director of […]